After handshakes and concert, G20 seeks ‘difficult’ consensus
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Leaders from the world’s top economies meet to forge a consensus on trade and climate change on Saturday after setting their staff to work through the night to find agreements that eluded them on the first day of their summit.
Exclusive: U.S. plans to test THAAD missile defenses as North Korea tensions mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to carry out a new test of its THAAD missile defense system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the coming days, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as tensions with North Korea climb…
Brazil president’s graft case weakens congressional support – lawmakers
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Congressional support for Brazilian President Michel Temer is weakening, lawmakers said on Friday, days before the lower house is expected to vote on whether he should stand trial on a corruption charge.
Fighting rages in Benghazi after victory speech
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan forces have lost at least 12 men, with 35 wounded, in fighting that raged in Benghazi despite a declaration of victory by their commander, medical and military officials said on Friday.
Mexico, U.S. looking at new ways to tackle security concerns
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States are exploring new ways of combating arms trafficking and organized crime, Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Friday at a news conference alongside U.S. Homeland Security Secr…
Italy’s Renzi urges end to “do gooder” mentality on migrant influx
ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the head of the ruling Democratic Party (PD), said on Friday Italy did not have any moral duty to take in migrants, sharply toughening his stance over surging numbers of asylum seekers.
Rwanda disqualifies only female presidential candidate
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda’s only female presidential candidate has been disqualified from next month’s election, with authorities saying on Friday that she did not submit enough supporters’ signatures and some of those she did submit belonged to dead p…
As Mosul battle ends, struggle over Iraq’s future intensifies
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – After almost nine months of fierce fighting, the campaign to recapture Mosul from Islamic State is drawing to a bitter end in the ruins of the city’s historic quarter, but the struggle for Iraq’s future is far from over.
Qatar again rejects four Arab states’ accusations
CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar dismissed as “baseless” on Friday renewed accusations that it meddles in other countries’ affairs and finances terrorism, in its first public response to a statement from four Arab states locked in a diplomatic dispute with the …
Partial ceasefire deal reached in Syria, in Trump’s first peace effort
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The United States, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and “de-escalation agreement” for southwestern Syria on Friday, as the U.S. government under President Donald Trump made its first attempt at peacemaking in the country’s six-…
